Monday's weather: High fire danger as heatwave persists in some provinces

The South African Weather Service warns of extremely high fire danger conditions in at least three provinces as a heatwave persists.

Fire danger warnings

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the Northern Cape, the central and western parts of Free State as well as the south-western parts of North West.

Advisories

Heatwave conditions and persistently high temperatures are expected over the North West, Free State and Northern Cape until Tuesday.

The weather in your region

Gauteng will be partly cloudy and warm, with isolated showers and thundershowers.

The expected UVB sunburn index is extreme.

It will be cloudy and cool to warm, with morning light rain and fog, in places in Mpumalanga, but it will be partly cloudy in the west in the afternoon.

Isolated showers and thundershowers are expected on the Highveld in the afternoon.

Limpopo will be cloudy and warm to hot, with light rain and fog, in places in the east, becoming partly cloudy in the west in the afternoon.

There will be isolated afternoon thundershowers in the extreme south-west.

It will be very hot in places in the south-western Bushveld.

Fine conditions are expected in the west of the North West at first, otherwise partly cloudy and hot to very hot, with isolated showers and thundershowers for the rest of the day.

Free State will have fog patches in the far east at first, otherwise fine and hot to very hot, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon, with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the south.

Fine and hot to very hot conditions are expected in the Northern Cape, but it will be extremely hot in the north.

It will become partly cloudy, except in the south, with isolated showers and thundershowers in the north.

It will be cool along the coast.

The wind along the coast will be moderate south-easterly, becoming fresh in the afternoon.

The Western Cape will have morning mist over the central interior, but very hot over the West Coast District.

The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh easterly to south-easterly, but strong along the south-west coast.

The expected UVB sunburn index is extreme.

It will be cloudy, with fog conditions, in the western half of the Eastern Cape, otherwise fine and warm to hot, but cool in places along the coast.

The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly, becoming fresh to strong easterly in the afternoon.

The eastern half of the province will be partly cloudy and cool to warm, with morning fog along the escarpment, but fine and warm to hot north of the escarpment.

It will be cloudy, with light rain along the coast and adjacent interior, clearing from the west.

The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly.

KwaZulu-Natal will be cloudy and cool, with fog along the escarpment, but warm in places in the north.

Isolated showers and rain are expected.

The wind along the coast will be southerly to south-westerly, becoming easterly to north-easterly from the south from late morning, spreading north.

The expected UVB sunburn index is moderate.

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